If you are a fan of pub quizzes and have a good knowledge of the news events in the world, music, TV and film, science and technology, sport, politics and much more in the year gone by, then this is a great show to watch and have fun with. Hosted by Jimmy Carr, with celebrity panellists in three teams: Richard Ayoade and Mel Giedroyc (The Unpronounceables), Rosie Jones and Katherine Ryan (Daddy and Me), and Mo Gilligan and Kevin Bridges (GB News). This quiz focused on the year 2023, with all sorts of questions to answer about the past twelve months. These questions are asked as they are, with video and sound clips, with pictures (including Say What You See), and by celebrity and mystery guests on screen or in the studio, so it really does feel like a proper quiz that you can take part in. Events in the year 2023 that were questioned and joked about, and mentioned (or pictured) included: The endless strikes (by nurses, teachers, trains, and US writers), Ted Lasso, Ncuti Gatwa becoming Doctor Who, the deaths of Paul O'Grady, Michael Parkinson, Sinead O'Connor, Matthew Perry, Sir Michael Gambon, Bobby Charlton, Tina Turner and Len Goodman, Brian Cox in Succession, Rihanna at the Super Bowl, An Audience with Kylie, Beyoncé and her Renaissance concert, Just Stop Oil protestor spilling orange paint at the snooker, Barbenheimer (Barbie and Oppenheimer), Holly Willoughby on This Morning asking "Are you okay?" following the Phillip Schofield controversy, The Super Mario Bros. Movie, the TikTok AI 90s yearbook photos trend, Boris Johnson resigning as an MP, Prince Harry becoming the first British royal in 130 years to give evidence in court, during the COVID enquiry the nickname for Boris Johnson was "Trolley" (because he was all over the place), X (formerly Twitter) with Donald Trump tweeting for the first time in two years (after being banned) with his mugshot photograph, Sir Karl Jenkins (a composer with a big moustache) went viral at the Coronation of King Charles and Camilla because people thought it was Megan Markle in disguise, Montana resident Chase Doak on US news discussing seeing the Chinese spy balloon, Sparkle With Starmer t-shirts printed and sold by the Labour Party following Keir Starmer being glitter-bombed by a protestor, Liam Gallagher recording Manchester tram network announcements, Girls Aloud reforming after eleven years, Ariana DeBose going viral for her rap at the BAFTAs with the lyrics "Angela Bassett did the thing", Dua Lipa's Instagram post about cooking for friends made the news because she was supposed to be singing with Elton John at Glastonbury, Doja Cat at the Met Gala dressed as a cat and meowing during an interview with Vogue, Taylor Swift fans interviewed who skipped work calling in sick and were disguised under blankets, Madonna confusing fans in Germany asking them to fart on cue, Coleen and Wayne Rooney releasing the Disney+ documentary about the Wagatha Christie trial, people bidding online for experiences with A-list actors (to offer relationship, paint watercolours of dogs and solve crosswords) during the Hollywood SAG strikes, the Barbie movie coining the term "Kenergy", Gwyneth Paltrow cleared of all charges in a ski collision trial and leaving the courtroom she said "I wish you well" to Terry Sanderson who tried to sue her which came across wrong, Gregg Wallace and Michel Roux Jr. In a hoax documentary The British Miracle Meat receiving 400 Ofcom complaints because viewers assumed they were eating human flesh, TikTok emotional reactions for the finale of The Last of Us, Expend4bles, M3GAN, the Titan submersible, social media app Threads launched, Collins Dictionary crowned "AI" their Word of the Year, the discovery of the ancient remains of an alien body by Mexican journalist Jaime Maussan, the emergency alert alarm that sounded to signal life-threatening situations but not everyone received it, an AI image of the Pope went viral for him wearing a white puffer jacket, Liam Gallagher complaining on X (Twitter) about having to pay for Blue Checkmark, Maryam Moshiri on BBC News discussing the blue supermoon phenomenon (which will happen again in 2037), bedbugs infestation sparks panic in Paris, Nigel Farage's bank account shut by Coutts because of his views, Jada Pinkett-Smith revealing that she and husband Will Smith have been separated for seven years, Sir Elton John headlining Glastonbury (before his retirement), Nicola Sturgeon standing down as Scotland's First Minister, Sam Smith wearing the inflated black PVC outfit at the BRIT Awards, Harry Styles at a U2 gig in Las Vegas shocking fans after having a haircut (and compared to Ian Beale), Elon Musk on The Joe Rogan Experience podcast challenging Mark Zuckerberg to a cage fight, Gary Neville on YouTube describing trips away as "mini retirements", Prince Harry's autobiography Spare, a TikTok trend involving men (husbands, boyfriends, fathers, and brothers) being asked "How often do you think about the Roman Empire?", Taylor Swift dating NFL star Travis Kelce, 50 Cent sponsoring a Welsh under-14 girls' football team, Gary Linekar suspended by the BBC for criticising the government's immigration policy, the boxing match between Tommy Fury and KSI described by viewers as the "cuddle battle" and the "hugging match", Team Europe's Ryder Cup victory and a photo with Viktor Hovland being awkward because he was the only single player on the whole team, a Wimbledon umpire warning the audience not to pop champagne during serves, Damian Lewis singing badly at the British Grand Prix accompanied by a saxophone player performing the National Anthem, David Beckham's Netflix documentary and his wife Victoria calling their homemade honey DB's Sticky Stuff, the Eurovision Song Contest being hosted by Liverpool because of the war in Ukraine, Greggs winning a battle with Westminster to sell sausage rolls in Leicester Square until 2am, Lilt changing its name to Fanta Pineapple and Grapefruit, the release of big red boots by MSCHF which reminded people of Astro Boy, Ronald McDonald, and Dora the Explorer's best friend, Brian Blessed making a statement regarding the felling of the Sycamore Gap tree at Hadrian's Wall, 2.2 million litres of red wine spilled and flooding the town of Levira in Portugal lasting an hour, Kourtney Kardashian holding up a sign at a Blink-182 concert for her drummer husband Travis Barker reading "Travis I'm Pregnant" (it was a throwback to an early Blink-182 music video), Suella Braverman apologising to all dogs for stepping on the tail of a guide dog at the Tory Party Conference, Taylor Swift was the most googled person with over 28 million searches, The King's Coronation was the most watched UK TV broadcast with an average of 18 million viewers, and "Flowers" by Miley Cyrus was the most streamed song of the year. Other celebrity and special mystery guests in the show included the children of Mitchell Brook Primary School in Neasden who act out well known news stories, Charles Dance who reads passages from a celebrity autobiography of the year (Prince Harry), Megan Barton-Hanson and Toby Aromolaran (Love Island Games contestants), Sophia de Martino (star of Loki), Krishnan Guru-Murthy, Big Brother hosts AJ Odudu and Will Best, Micah Richards (footballer), Self Esteem (Rebecca Lucy Taylor), Sydney Sweeney and Glen Powell (stars of Anyone But You), The Vivenne, Robbie Williams, and the mystery guests Andrew, Jackie, Annie, and Sharon from Hobbycraft who mimed to "Padam Padam" by Kylie Minogue on TikTok which went viral. The jokes and the questions are what make this show so much fun, they always choose the right celebrity panellists, and it works as a funny way to reminisce on the recent events you remember, a great comedy quiz show. Good!
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